Is it possible to run a process (specifically `Pex...
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happy-psychiatrist-90774
05/29/2025, 3:51 PMIs it possible to run a process (specifically
PexProcessh
happy-kitchen-89482
05/29/2025, 9:57 PMThere is some precedent for this. Look at how we run the BSP server.
happy-kitchen-89482
05/29/2025, 9:57 PMhappy-kitchen-89482
05/29/2025, 9:58 PMhappy-kitchen-89482
05/29/2025, 9:59 PM@fast-nail-55400 thoughts about how to generalize this so any plugin can do it?
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fast-nail-55400
05/29/2025, 10:53 PMThis seems similar to an idea discussed previously (somewhere, I forget where) for spinning up test fixture servers (e.g., a database) while running tests.
fast-nail-55400
05/29/2025, 10:54 PMIn both cases, I imagine there needs to be some logic to keep track of the process during a Pants run (and afterward for this current idea, so probably somewhere on pantsd) so the process can be killed when necessary.
fast-nail-55400
05/29/2025, 10:55 PMThe BSP server does not seem as relevant to this idea since it completely displaces the normal Pants client when it runs.
fast-nail-55400
05/29/2025, 10:55 PMThis idea seems more like an API accessible from within regular rule logic.
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happy-psychiatrist-90774
06/05/2025, 7:46 PMUsing
AuxiliaryGoalhappy-psychiatrist-90774
06/05/2025, 7:46 PMIt might be a good idea to document this, no?
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happy-kitchen-89482
06/06/2025, 10:23 PMProbably. Docs are in the repo, if you want to take a crack at it?
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